Plant

Sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

हिन्दी: शकरक़न्द

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas
Hindi name: शकरक़न्द
Family: Convolvulaceae, order Solanales
Group: Plant

A vine with food stored underground.

Spot it Heart-shaped leaves and pink-purple flowers.
Home Farms and gardens.
Food web Insects feed on the leaves; bees visit the flowers.
Why it matters Covers and protects farm soil, and feeds people and insects.

Read more: Sweet potato on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2008, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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